Page 17: Historical Events In 1915

Nov 20   7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7.   

Nov 20   Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks).   

Nov 23   Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], Kansas City Mo, actress (Isle of Dead).   

Nov 24   Serbian leader flees to Albania.   

Nov 25   Augusto Pinochet, general/president (Chile).   

Nov 26   Earl Wild, Pitts Pa, composer/pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942).   

Nov 27   Caro van Eyck, [Gerarda JE Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (Medea).   

Nov 27   Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54.   

Nov 28   Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76.   

Nov 28   Pamela Harrison, composer   

Nov 29   Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971).   

Nov 29   Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California   

Nov 30   Angier Biddle Duke, NYC, US Ambassador (Spain)   

Nov 30   St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin   

Dec 02   Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman)   

Dec 02   Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72.   

Dec 04   Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)   

Dec 04   F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor.   

Dec 04   Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60   

Dec 04   Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County GA.   

Dec 04   Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in SF (Opened Feb 20 1015).   

Dec 05   Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer   

Dec 07   Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star)   

Dec 07   Eli Wallach, American actor is born   

Dec 08   Denis Harding, soldier   

Dec 08   Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres.   

Dec 09   Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s).   

Dec 10   10000000th model T Ford assembled   

Dec 10   President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt.   

Dec 11   Anna van Beers, [Graeve], actress (A Woman like Eve).   

Dec 12   1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany.   

Dec 12   Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor is born   

Dec 12   Frank Sinatra, Hoboken, vocalist/actor (old blue eyes).   

Dec 12   The inaugural all-metal aircraft (Junkers J.1) test flown at Dessau Germany   

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Jan 01   Francois bondy: Writer   

Jan 01   Lewis bingham keeble: Town planner   

Jan 02   John hope franklin: Historian   

Jan 05   Mabel leigh: Potter   

Jan 05   Uta graf: Singer/teacher   

Jan 05   Arthur h. robinson: Canadian-born cartographer    

Jan 06   Alan watts: Kent england, writer (book on the taboo)   

Jan 06   Don edwards: (rep-d-ca, 1963- )   

Jan 02   Karl goldmark: Austria-hungarian composer (queen of saba),    

Jan 03   James e flecker: British diplomat/novelist (hassan),    

Jan 06   Reginald wood: Cricketer (one test england v australia 1886),   

Jan 13   Mary slessor: Scottish missionary (b. 1848)   

Jan 14   Richard meux benson: Founder of anglican religious order (b. 1824)   

Jan 15   Guillaume couture: Composer,   

Jan 28   Nikolay umov: Russian physicist (b. 1846)   

Feb 05   Ross barnes: Baseball player (b. 1850)